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Wilhelmina Delco

1929–

United States

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Wilhelmina Ruth Delco (née Fitzgerald; born July 16, 1929) is an American politician who served in the Texas House of Representatives. She was inducted into the Texas Women's Hall of Fame in 1986. She was the first African American official elected at-large in Travis County and the first woman to hold the second-highest position in the Texas House of Representatives.

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